LAP97121104-11 DECEMBER 1997-LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA, USA: Pam Grier, who stars in the motion picture thriller "Jackie Brown" as Jackie, a sexy flight attendant who gets invloved with money smuggling, charismatic criminals and the FBI arrives December 11 the Los angeles premiere of the film with her fiance Kevin Evans. UPI jr/Jim Ruymen

Jackie Gene Brown (born May 31, 1943 in Holdenville, Oklahoma) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1970 through 1977 for the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers (1970–71 and 1973–75), Cleveland Indians (1975–76) and Montreal Expos (1977). He batted and threw right-handed. His older brother, Paul Brown, also pitched in the majors.

After his playing career, Brown was a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers (1979–82), Chicago White Sox (1992–95) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2002), and also was a minor league pitching coordinator and pitching coach in a number of organizations.

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